Cybils: the Children's & YA Blogger's Literary Awards

The Cybils Awards have been announced at the Cybils blog.

I'm the Middle Grade organizer; was one of the Young Adult judges; and, it turns out, my nomination for Graphic Novels - Young Adult was chosen for the winner!

A brief recap of the winners:

Fantasy and Science Fiction, Elementary/Middle Grade: The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex.

Fantasy and Science Fiction, Young Adult: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

Fiction Picture Books: The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice N. Harrington; illustrated by Shelley Jackson.

Graphic Novels: Elementary/Middle Grade: Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel written by Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin; illustrated by Giovanni Rigano and Paolo Lamanna.

Graphic Novel, Young Adult: The Professor's Daughter written by Joann Sfar; illustrated by Emmanuel Guibert.

Middle Grade Novels: A Crooked Kind of Perfect by Linda Urban.

Nonfiction MG/YA books: Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood by Ibtisam Barakat.

Nonfiction Picture Books: Lightship by Brian Floca

Poetry: This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness by Joyce Sidman, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski.

Young Adult Novels: Boy Toy by Barry Lyga.